Sam Harris Quotes
In my own case, the most inflammatory statements I have ever made are ones that I have written and remain willing to defend.
Quotes to Explore
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When I was in high school, I was a bad kid and a good student.
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Years of science fiction have produced a mindset that it is human destiny to expand from Earth, to the Moon, to Mars, to the stars.
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I'm pretty calculating. I take stuff that I know appeals to people's bad sides and match it up with stuff that appeals to their good sides.
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American time has stretched around the world. It has become the dominant tempo of modern history, especially of the history of Europe.
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You must prune dead or dying wood.
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Our built-in human system for mimicry explains why we humans can transfer our good and bad moods to each other - if we aren't careful!
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Disneyland is the star, everything else is in the supporting role.
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I play guitar and sing when I'm not busy with school and acting.
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It's a funny thing: people often ask how I discipline myself to write. I can't begin to understand the question. For me, the discipline is turning off the computer and leaving my desk to do something else.
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They show that roughly two-thirds of a group of neurotic patients will recover or improve to a marked extent within about two years of the onset of their illness, whether they are treated by means of psychotherapy or not.
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The Wood was about young people and the other one is more of a grown up movie.
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I feel like if I'm sick, I need flowers. I'm very open about saying what I need from a partner, and he needs to meet those demands.
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There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?
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I make an awesome soup with coconut milk and shrimps; it takes me five hours to prepare the whole thing. It does become very spicy, but you can definitely taste all the ingredients.
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I do know what my first meal in the next world would be... Spaghetti Aglio e Olio, heavy on everything.
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In Argentina, we're surrounded by polo ponies. The farm covers roughly 170 hectares, and there are no cattle or sheep, just horses.
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Josh Brolin is fascinating to watch because he is just so effortless. It's like watching a really gifted athlete run, and I just didn't have that.
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After 'Rent,' I tried to make a record, and it didn't work out, and it was the Broadway community that welcomed me back. It's where I feel the most understood, most at home.
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The Whole Wide World is the first movie I've ever produced.
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To feel valued, to know, even if only once in a while, that you can do a job well is an absolutely marvelous feeling.
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Man is an extraordinarily fixed and limited animal whose nature is absolutely constant. It is only by tradition and organisation that anything decent can be got out of him.
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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
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When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.
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In my own case, the most inflammatory statements I have ever made are ones that I have written and remain willing to defend.
